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Category: Gardening

I grew up in my mother’s huge organic garden, but it took me a long time to come back to gardening myself. It wasn’t until I moved to Seattle in 2007 that I really got started. These days I am studying Permaculture, and helping restore a large and neglected garden. Here are some of my adventures in the dirt (whoops, I mean soil).

Eating Flowers

I wanted to call this post Waste Not Want Not, but I thought Eating Flowers sounded more appealing. At least, that’s what I’ve been doing these days. We grow a lot of kale in the garden. A lot. This time of year the kale is going to seed. All winter… Read More

The Urban Farm Handbook

When I planned this holiday book showcase, I knew I wanted to feature a book on gardening, which is how I am spending a lot of my time these days. Right now gardening is hot, and there are a lot of books out on the topic. It seems like everyone… Read More

Making Apple Chips

I’ve told you about our pears and our little orchard, but I haven’t yet told you about the apples. This is Washington State. Of course we have apples. I was gone last fall for the apple harvest, but my mother called me in California to ask if she could use… Read More

Harvestfest

We had our family Thanksgiving early this year—celebrated this past Saturday. There will be more pie and mashed potatoes on Thursday, never you fear, but the heart of our Thanksgiving has already been held. It was called Harvestfest. With the large garden we have, this year I challenged myself to… Read More

Orchard Pear Muffins

Along with the garden, we got some fruit trees. We didn’t realize how many fruit trees there were at first, because some of them were covered in blackberry vines. At the foot of the garden there was a fifteen-foot tall hedge of blackberry, thick with thorny vines. In the middle… Read More